Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on December 31-January 7 shrank by 1.9%, or 275 million cubic meters, from 14.693 billion cubic meters to 14.418 bcm, according to the state-run gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz.
Ukrainian natural gas consumers, including households, are not obliged to pay to regional gas suppliers the so-called "recommended sum" noted in their utility bills along with the actual cost of gas consumed, according to Ukraine's National Energy and Utilities Regulation Commission (NEURC).
Ukraine’s state-owned gas transmission company Ukrtransgaz expects to increase in 2018 by 10 billion cubic meters, up to 93-94 bcm, the transit volumes of natural gas transported from Russia to the European Union member states, that’s compared with the last year’s result, company CEO Myroslav Khimko told a Kyiv press conference Wednesday.
Private energy company ERU Trading has for the first time imported natural gas from the U.S. to Ukraine via Polish LNG (liquified natural gas) terminal and placed it in the underground storage facilities (USFs), according to the company's press service.